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- IS IT ENOUGH? EXAMINING INSTRUCTIONAL MANAGEMENT IN A NEW PARADIGM OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.
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- Critelli Jr., John E., Reyes-Guerra, Daniel, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology, College of Education
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For decades, educational leadership researchers have focused on school leadership behaviors, competencies, and skills that impact student outcomes measured by the students’ performance on standardized tests. This practice has narrowed the focus for how the field approaches teaching and learning and the evaluation models that measure school, teacher, leader, and student academic performance. To examine leadership and teaching and learning that support the development of the whole child and not...
Show moreFor decades, educational leadership researchers have focused on school leadership behaviors, competencies, and skills that impact student outcomes measured by the students’ performance on standardized tests. This practice has narrowed the focus for how the field approaches teaching and learning and the evaluation models that measure school, teacher, leader, and student academic performance. To examine leadership and teaching and learning that support the development of the whole child and not just their performance on exams, this quantitative study set out to examine: Is there a relationship between a school leadership teams’ prioritization of SEL, their instructional management practice, and the teachers’ use of SEL pedagogy in the classroom? To examine the research question, a set of five sub-research questions were developed to organize and guide this work. Interest to participate in this study was gained by aligning the research to the district’s strategic plan. The sample included 107 teacher participants drawn from five participant public elementary schools in a large diverse urban school district. Data applied in the analysis were collected through the application of three instruments. Two of the instruments were developed and pilot tested as part of this research. The results of this research indicate that despite the ample evidence that shows instructional management having a positive impact on student learning, its effect on the pedagogies examined that support the development of social and emotional competence was limited. The greatest contribution of this study was the development of a valid and reliable tool to evaluate ten social and emotional learning teacher/pedagogical practices.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014176
- Subject Headings
- Educational leadership, Effective teaching, Instructional management, Learning
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- Document (PDF)
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- THERE IS NO “I” IN TEAM: IMPACTS OF SURGICAL TEAM DYNAMICS ON OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES.
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- Hasse, Christopher H., Behara, Ravi S., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, College of Business
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While the complexities and challenges facing healthcare continue to grow, the focus on improving surgical practices remains constant. Possessing a strong influence over patient referral patterns, public reputation/prominence, and financial performance, surgical practices command heightened attention on operational performance and clinical outcomes. Executive leadership cannot support (nor improve) a surgical practice without comprehending the importance of team dynamics in the operating room ...
Show moreWhile the complexities and challenges facing healthcare continue to grow, the focus on improving surgical practices remains constant. Possessing a strong influence over patient referral patterns, public reputation/prominence, and financial performance, surgical practices command heightened attention on operational performance and clinical outcomes. Executive leadership cannot support (nor improve) a surgical practice without comprehending the importance of team dynamics in the operating room (OR) environment. Previous literature offers mixed and incomplete results on themes of team familiarity and OR efficiency, frequently citing handoffs, late starts, and task disruptions as catalysts for negative performance. Studies routinely use historical interaction counts to measure team familiarity, which often neglect the degree of participation (engagement) across prior experiences. Similarly, counts of handoffs or individuals entering an OR do not offer an accurate assessment of team performance. Guided by historical studies, four hypotheses are presented and argue that enhancing surgical team dynamics yield favorable improvements for operational performance and clinical outcomes. Utilizing data from 9,049 neurologic surgery cases performed at two separate campuses (belonging to the same organization) over a three-year timeframe (March 2019 to November 2021), this study measures surgical team dynamics in a highly complex setting through the lens of case continuity and surgeon familiarity to assess key outputs: case scheduling errors (proxy for operational performance) and post-operative complications within 30-days of surgery (proxy for clinical outcomes).
Show less - Date Issued
- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014137
- Subject Headings
- Surgery, Operating room personnel, Healthcare management
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- Document (PDF)
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- EQUITABLE DECISION-MAKING: INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL RISK AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY IN FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT SELECTION.
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- Daniel, Aneisha, Behara, Ravi, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Information Technology and Operations Management, College of Business
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This empirical study examines decision-making in project selection in the face of overwhelming flood infrastructure needs and inadequate resources, particularly in vulnerable communities. The motivation for this study is to explore the interconnectedness between socioeconomic dimensions and environmental risks in the decision-making process for selecting projects. The study evaluates the Palm Beach County project selection framework and the impact of multi-criteria decision-making on project...
Show moreThis empirical study examines decision-making in project selection in the face of overwhelming flood infrastructure needs and inadequate resources, particularly in vulnerable communities. The motivation for this study is to explore the interconnectedness between socioeconomic dimensions and environmental risks in the decision-making process for selecting projects. The study evaluates the Palm Beach County project selection framework and the impact of multi-criteria decision-making on project selection by proposing a new framework. The new project selection framework emphasizes the integration of flood risk and social vulnerability index criteria to evaluate the relationship between the new criteria in the decision-making framework and project selection. The analysis is comprised of 24 models grouped into three distinct groups and compared using paired t-tests. The analysis reveals that of the three groups, the group which incorporates both flood risks and social vulnerability criteria consistently outperforms the others, demonstrating its effectiveness in providing a more equitable investment for vulnerable communities that are more susceptible to floods. The findings provide valuable insights and recommendations for practitioners and scholars, emphasizing the need for a theoretical framework with objectivity to guide optimal infrastructure investments for decision makers.
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- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014399
- Subject Headings
- Floods, Decision making, Environmental management, Infrastructure (Economics)
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- Document (PDF)
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- WORDS MATTER: USE OF GENDER IDENTITY PRONOUNS IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATION.
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- Carlin, Patricia, Treviño, Len J., Florida Atlantic University, Department of Management Programs, College of Business
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Through this research, I provide quantitative evidence on the use of gender identity pronouns in business communication as it relates to sexual stigma theory and psychological safety theory in the workplace. This theoretically grounded, empirical investigation uncovers what impact, if any, psychological safety has on the use of gender identity pronouns in the workplace. My research measures the degree to which respondents feel psychologically safe enough to use their gender identity pronouns...
Show moreThrough this research, I provide quantitative evidence on the use of gender identity pronouns in business communication as it relates to sexual stigma theory and psychological safety theory in the workplace. This theoretically grounded, empirical investigation uncovers what impact, if any, psychological safety has on the use of gender identity pronouns in the workplace. My research measures the degree to which respondents feel psychologically safe enough to use their gender identity pronouns in a work context and which other factors (such as age cohort or the sociopolitical leanings of the company where they work) impact their decision to do so.
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- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014369
- Subject Headings
- Business communication, Gender identity, Personnel management
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- Document (PDF)
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- RESIDENT, FAMILY, AND SNF STAFF PERCEPTIONS ON TRANSITIONING FROM ACUTE CARE TO A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY.
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- Kaye, Suzie E., Tappen, Ruth, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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Transitions in care have been a national priority for decades to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of healthcare and across care settings. Improving hospital discharge processes is an important quality improvement initiative to reduce adverse outcomes, and thirty-day readmission rates and increase patients’ satisfaction after discharge. This qualitative design study explored the perceptions, experiences, and gaps in understanding the needs of the resident and...
Show moreTransitions in care have been a national priority for decades to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of healthcare and across care settings. Improving hospital discharge processes is an important quality improvement initiative to reduce adverse outcomes, and thirty-day readmission rates and increase patients’ satisfaction after discharge. This qualitative design study explored the perceptions, experiences, and gaps in understanding the needs of the resident and family in the transition from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). It is essential to understand the perspective of the residents, families, and healthcare professionals who experience this transitional process to inform future research, and practice initiatives and to effectively prepare the residents and families for this transition. The purposive sample included 15 residents, 13 family members, and 12 SNF staff. The setting was a SNF within a continuing care residential community with an 89-licensed-bed capacity in Palm Beach County, FL. This doctoral research applied a descriptive qualitative methodology to capture the essence of the perceptions of residents, families, and staff participants transitioning from acute care to a skilled nursing facility. Interviews were qualitatively analyzed with an interactive model utilizing open, pattern, and thematic coding, and data (network) display to help organize, inform, and justify conclusions and explanations. Overall, 53% of residents, and 62% of families expressed confusion, frustration, concern, uncertainty, disappointment, and stress.
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- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014469
- Subject Headings
- Transitional Care, Nursing, Health care management
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- Document (PDF)
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- REAL EARNINGS MANAGEMENT EFFECT ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SERVICE QUALITY.
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- Powers, Brett, Kohlbeck, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, School of Accounting, College of Business
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I investigate the link between real earnings management and customer satisfaction. Following the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires public companies to ensure the accuracy of their financial reporting, the use of non-accrual based methods to achieve financial earnings targets has become commonplace. Nonaccrual-based methods consist of decisions that curtail firm activities, which increase net income; however, these methods come at the cost of future operations. These...
Show moreI investigate the link between real earnings management and customer satisfaction. Following the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires public companies to ensure the accuracy of their financial reporting, the use of non-accrual based methods to achieve financial earnings targets has become commonplace. Nonaccrual-based methods consist of decisions that curtail firm activities, which increase net income; however, these methods come at the cost of future operations. These opportunistic behaviors in the service, retail, and hospitality industries impact customers and a firm's long-term value. I hypothesize that the outcome will be lower customer satisfaction and service quality. I use firms’ publicly available financial information to detect real earning management (REM) of selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) expenses to understand how firms operate. Physical changes to a firm’s operating environment through these financial actions are immediately observable, generating negative electronic word of mouth. I use text analysis software to determine if the comment is positive or negative and the strength of the customers' sentiment, allowing me to observe the harmful effects of reducing SG&A expenses through the lens of the customer. In addition, I use American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) scores to provide an overall assessment. I regress my customer satisfaction and service quality measures on the REM measure to test the hypotheses on the impact of REM. Further, I analyze and establish the link between REM's impact on the firm's sales growth rates.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2024
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014504
- Subject Headings
- Consumer satisfaction, Earnings management, Customer services
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- Document (PDF)
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- Seeking sustainable solutions: using an attractor simulation platform for teaching multistakeholder negotiation in complex cases.
- Creator
- Nowak, Andrzej, Bui-Wrzosinska, Lan, Coleman, Peter T., Vallacher, Robin R., Jochemczyk, Lukasz, Bartkowski, Wieslaw
- Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/2683153
- Subject Headings
- Psychology, Social., Dynamics., Conflict management --Software., Conflict management --Study and teaching., Social conflict.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Berth scheduling in container terminals: a pro-active approach to address uncertainties in arrival and handling times.
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- Portal Palomo, Maria I., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
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Ports and container terminals have very complex and dynamic operations. Effective and efficient berth schedules are essential for profitable and sustainable operations. This research studies berth scheduling under uncertainties in arrival and handling times. Port operators usually face challenges in the development of berth schedules. This thesis presents a model formulation of discrete berth space that accounts for uncertainty in arrival and handling times. The problem is reformulated as a...
Show morePorts and container terminals have very complex and dynamic operations. Effective and efficient berth schedules are essential for profitable and sustainable operations. This research studies berth scheduling under uncertainties in arrival and handling times. Port operators usually face challenges in the development of berth schedules. This thesis presents a model formulation of discrete berth space that accounts for uncertainty in arrival and handling times. The problem is reformulated as a biobjective bi-level optimization berth scheduling problem. A solution approach is presented using evolutionary algorithms and heuristics. The objective of the formulation is to provide a robust berth schedule by minimizing the average and the range of the total service times for all vessels served at the terminal. Simulation is utilized to evaluate the proposed berth scheduling policy and compare it to two first-come-first-served policies. Results showed that the proposed berth schedules outperform under high congestion.
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- 2013
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360960
- Subject Headings
- Container terminals, Management, Marine terminals, Management, Transportation, Planning, Freight and freightage
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- Document (PDF)
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- Development of a remote sensing technique for woody vegetation in Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area.
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- Franklin, Sarah., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Geosciences
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lacks a viable method for monitoring woody vegetation in expansive wetland communities, such as the Florida Everglades. This study used aerial photographs of Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida to develop techniques for remotely monitoring changes in woody vegetation. Imagery from 2006, 2008, and 2010 were classified into woody and non-woody categories using Adobe Photoshop's Magic Wand Tool....
Show moreThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lacks a viable method for monitoring woody vegetation in expansive wetland communities, such as the Florida Everglades. This study used aerial photographs of Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area in southeastern Palm Beach County, Florida to develop techniques for remotely monitoring changes in woody vegetation. Imagery from 2006, 2008, and 2010 were classified into woody and non-woody categories using Adobe Photoshop's Magic Wand Tool. Selection was performed with a bias toward over classification, as project objectives required identifying as many trees as possible. Classified pixels in Time 1 within 4 feet (2 pixels) of classified pixels from Time 2 were considered the same canopy. Overall accuracy for the study was 98%.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3175018
- Subject Headings
- Environmental monitoring, Remote sensing, Vegetation dynamics, Ecosystem management
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- Document (PDF)
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- Perceptions of industry practitioners toward an academic degree program in public assembly facility management.
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- Riordan, James J., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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Utilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a...
Show moreUtilizing a modified Delphi Technique research study, consensus was sought from 298 practitioners in the public assembly facility management (PAFM) industry regarding their perceptions on varied matters connected to the academic preparation of managers/executives serving the industry. A comprehensive literature review and a prior pilot study were conducted for the purpose of creating the initial survey (Questionnaire 1). The pilot study consisted of an open-ended interview session with a panel (N=16) of PAFM managers. Sixty-four (64) of 66 consensus-seeking items attained consensus from the respondents (N=298) after Questionnaire 1 results were tabulated. Respondents were given the opportunity to re-assess their Questionnaire 1 choices in Questionnaire 2 and if compelled, change them. Items related to Kinesiology and Physical Education did not attain consensus status in Questionnaire 1 or Questionnaire 2. This study concluded: a) academic program in PAFM is beneficial to the industry (96%) and 63.5% viewed the degree as very important or essential; b) the preferred academic delivery level was Bachelors/undergraduate (52.7%); c) the degree program should be housed in Business (42%); d) the preferred competencies and skill sets were identified; e) the preferred course components were identified., Statistical analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between the type of public assembly facility where a respondent worked and the preferred academic unit of the program, as well as preferred general course components. Recommendations for future research include: (a) conducting a similar study employing solely qualitative methodology; (b) seeking potential significant relationships with gender, ethnicity, geographic location, ownership and governance of facilities, years of experience; and (c) comparing and contrasting results of this study among faculty who currently teach public assembly facility management courses and the students that are in said courses . The rising cost of providing safe and cost-efficient public assembly facilities require that the people operate these facilities possess the best set of managerial, administrative and technical skills related to the management of these facilities; this study aids in that quest by suggesting competencies and course components, and potentially a PAFM general academic curriculum, based on practitioner viewpoint.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186765
- Subject Headings
- Facility management, Strategic planning, Executives, Training of, Creative ability in business, Management, Education, Aims and objectives
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- Document (PDF)
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- The impact of reputation orientation on marketing strategy formation and performance.
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- Goldring, Deborah, College of Business, Department of Marketing
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This research explores the attitudes held by marketing managers about building their company's corporate reputation, and about the impact of their actions on performance. In an environment of costly brand building, declining customer loyalty, and increasing scrutiny from stakeholders who demand corporate responsibility and transparency, a concern for corporate reputation is increasingly important for everyone in the company, including marketing managers. The marketing literature, however, has...
Show moreThis research explores the attitudes held by marketing managers about building their company's corporate reputation, and about the impact of their actions on performance. In an environment of costly brand building, declining customer loyalty, and increasing scrutiny from stakeholders who demand corporate responsibility and transparency, a concern for corporate reputation is increasingly important for everyone in the company, including marketing managers. The marketing literature, however, has not explored how managers who are concerned about the reputation of their companies can effectively adapt marketing strategy for reputation enhancement. The theoretical justification for this research is grounded in stakeholder theory, dynamic capabilities theory, and strategic choice theory. The study contributes to the marketing strategy literature and the nascent field of stakeholder marketing. It makes a theoretical connection between the corporate-level construct of reputation orientation, and its impact on functional-level decisions about marketing strategy. Reputation orientation is the concern that top management and employees share about their company's commitment to nurturing a positive corporate reputation among key stakeholders. A scale for reputation was conceptually defined and empirically tested (Churchill, 1979). It consists of three dimensions: consciously created corporate identity, internal identity dissemination, and external stakeholder impact. Reputation orientation was found to be a valid and reliable construct that was further tested within the framework of how marketing managers formulate, implement, and evaluate their strategic marketing decisions. This research also tested the impact of stakeholder-conscious marketing strategy on corporate reputation and marketing performance., The results from the empirical research indicate that organizations with a reputation orientation devise and select marketing strategies that focus on the needs and concerns of customers and other key stakeholders. Reputation orientation guides a stakeholder-conscious marketing strategy, such that marketing strategy decisions take into consideration both the impacts on corporate reputation and marketing performance without sacrificing either. The implications for marketing practice is that marketing managers can deliberately choose marketing strategies that build a strong corporate reputation by considering the concerns of customers and other key stakeholders at the earliest stages of marketing strategy formulation.
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- 2011
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3357426
- Subject Headings
- Communication in marketing, Communication in organizations, Corporate image, Management, Business communication, Corporate governance, Industrial management
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Size on Firm Performance Revisited: The Role of Firm- and Portfolio-Level Contingencies.
- Creator
- Siqueira Barreto, Tais, Lenartowicz, Tomasz, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, Department of Management
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Alliance portfolios, or a firm collection of simultaneous alliances, have become common phenomena particularly in technology industries. These portfolios have been found to have a significant impact on firms’ financial performance. At the same time, there is little consensus regarding the direction of this effect. Findings have shown positive, negative, curvilinear, and non-significant relationships. In this dissertation, I employed an organizational learning perspective to investigate the...
Show moreAlliance portfolios, or a firm collection of simultaneous alliances, have become common phenomena particularly in technology industries. These portfolios have been found to have a significant impact on firms’ financial performance. At the same time, there is little consensus regarding the direction of this effect. Findings have shown positive, negative, curvilinear, and non-significant relationships. In this dissertation, I employed an organizational learning perspective to investigate the effect of alliance portfolio size on firm financial performance. Using a sample of 343 firm-year observations in the U.S. software industry, I explored portfolio- and firm-level characteristics as moderators of this relationship. Findings provide evidence for a curvilinear, inverted U-shaped relationship between portfolio size and firm performance that is moderated by the timing of the alliances within the portfolio and by the firms’ Top Management Team (TMT) turnover.
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- 2017
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004888, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004888
- Subject Headings
- Strategic alliances (Business)--Management., Management science., Corporate governance., Interorganizational relations., Business networks., Organizational behavior.
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- Document (PDF)
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- Two models of international country segmentation.
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- Budeva, Desislava G., College of Business, Department of Management
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The growth of global competition has established international segmentation as a key issue in developing, positioning and selling products throughout the world (Ter Hofstede, Steenkamp and Wedel 1999). Many international segmentation studies have used macro-level, secondary data to identify country clusters based on similarities in political, economic, geographic or cultural variables. As a result of extensive review, we identify three major gaps in the international country segmentation...
Show moreThe growth of global competition has established international segmentation as a key issue in developing, positioning and selling products throughout the world (Ter Hofstede, Steenkamp and Wedel 1999). Many international segmentation studies have used macro-level, secondary data to identify country clusters based on similarities in political, economic, geographic or cultural variables. As a result of extensive review, we identify three major gaps in the international country segmentation literature. First, no study so far has accounted for the influence of time. While researchers suggest that longitudinal analysis provides additional insight into whether situational characteristics of countries change over time (Cavusgil, Kiyak, and Yeniyurt 2004; Helsen, Jedidi, and DeSarbo 1993; Sethi 1971; Steenkamp and Hofstede 2002,), a major limitation of this body of work is that most studies address country-level segmentation at a single point in time. However, bases of segmentation are considered to be dynamic in nature (Hassan, Craft, and Kortam 2003) and global and country-specific changes in economic development are likely to result in variations in segment membership over time. We investigate the stability of factors and the stability of segments over time by performing cluster analysis at two points of time. Second, most studies use ad hoc variables without theoretical basis which may result in accidental generalizations. Instead of suggesting a proliferation of random variables, which are considered influential in the decision making process without any empirical or theoretical evidence, we propose a theoretical basis for country segmentation. We use institutional theory to distinguish between heterogeneous groups of countries. Finally, there is the issue of providing "one size fits all" solutions., In other words, existing models offer general results of country clusters meant to be useful for all firms regardless of the product they offer or the industry they belong to. Our model based on institutional theory is used to investigate whether the influence of the host-country environment changes depending on the product that is concerned.
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- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/210364
- Subject Headings
- International business enterprises, Management, Entrepreneurship, Sustainable development, Comparative management, Globalization, Economic aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The influence of university student leader’s cognitive and behavioral agility on organizational member commitment.
- Creator
- Adamo, Lauren, Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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The focus of this study was to determine if university student leaders’ cognitive and behavioral agility is related to organizational member commitment and if this relationship is moderated by alterable and non-alterable variables. The empirical results from this study are based on the responses of 37 student leaders who occupy leadership positions in organizations and clubs in their respective university. Cognitive agility was measured by the student leader’s use of systems thinking,...
Show moreThe focus of this study was to determine if university student leaders’ cognitive and behavioral agility is related to organizational member commitment and if this relationship is moderated by alterable and non-alterable variables. The empirical results from this study are based on the responses of 37 student leaders who occupy leadership positions in organizations and clubs in their respective university. Cognitive agility was measured by the student leader’s use of systems thinking, reframing, and reflection. Student leader behavioral agility was assessed by a minimum of three organizational members rating the student leader’s use of leader influence actions (transforming, managing, bonding, bridging, and bartering) in carrying out their functions. Organizational member commitment was measured by organization member’s level of commitment with the goals and values of the organization using the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ).
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004341, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004341
- Subject Headings
- Interorganizational relations, Interpersonal communication, Leadership -- Psychological aspects, Management -- Psychological aspects, Organizational behavior, School management and organization
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- Document (PDF)
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- Regenerative leadership : an integral theory for transforming people and organizations for sustainability in business, education, and community.
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- Hardman, Guillermo [John], College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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This study examined and compared the developmental experiences of leaders who have successfully developed their capacities to engage in and maintain a vision and practice for sustainability over time in themselves and others in business, education and community. Through the application of grounded theory as a systematic comparative method for the analysis of qualitative data, the study generated a substantive theory of leadership called regenerative leadership. This leadership approach is...
Show moreThis study examined and compared the developmental experiences of leaders who have successfully developed their capacities to engage in and maintain a vision and practice for sustainability over time in themselves and others in business, education and community. Through the application of grounded theory as a systematic comparative method for the analysis of qualitative data, the study generated a substantive theory of leadership called regenerative leadership. This leadership approach is especially relevant at a time when humankind is faced with accelerating change and increasing evidence that numerous natural and social systems at the global level have reached or are rapidly approaching points of overshoot and collapse. Among the major findings, the study revealed that the more evolved sustainability leaders are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the construct of sustainability, and indicate the need for a profound cultural shift towards regenerative human systems. In this framework, regenerative organizations are driven by a sense higher purpose, and leadership is exercised heterarchically. Leaders and followers engage in generative conversations to create desirable futures which are then backcasted to eliminate unanticipated consequences. Throughout, participants emphasized the critical importance of engaging in personal and collective consciousness development or "inner work" in order to make regenerative practices possible.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/187212
- Subject Headings
- Reengineering (Management), Sustainable development, School management and organization, Organizational effectiveness, Social ecology
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- Document (PDF)
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- Managerial incentives and auditor pricing: do auditors price risk from CEO incentives?.
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- Kannan, Yezen H., Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, School of Accounting
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I investigate whether and how auditors address the potential risk of CEO incentive pay and CEO incentives from their equity portfolio as an incentive to commit fraud through their pricing decisions. Using an OLS regression model I find that auditors price CEO incentive pay in the post SOX period. Also, auditors price CEOs' non-linear incentives from their holdings of stock options as a fraud risk factor but do not price linear incentives from CEO holding of stock and restricted stock....
Show moreI investigate whether and how auditors address the potential risk of CEO incentive pay and CEO incentives from their equity portfolio as an incentive to commit fraud through their pricing decisions. Using an OLS regression model I find that auditors price CEO incentive pay in the post SOX period. Also, auditors price CEOs' non-linear incentives from their holdings of stock options as a fraud risk factor but do not price linear incentives from CEO holding of stock and restricted stock. Furthermore, auditors consider CEO incentives to manipulate firm performance due to the vested portion of option holdings as a fraud risk factor which is priced, and not the unvested portion of this portfolio. Furthermore, I find evidence to suggest that auditors price CEO opportunity to commit fraud, as well as CEO rationalizing the act of committing fraud, therefore concluding that auditors price all components of the fraud triangle.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/210448
- Subject Headings
- Portfolio management, Incentive awards, Compensation management, Financial services industry, Corrupt practices
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Managerial reputation and Non-GAAP earnings disclosures.
- Creator
- Cheng, Yun, Kohlbeck, Mark, Florida Atlantic University, College of Business, School of Accounting
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I examine how managerial reputation affects the quality of non-GAAP earnings disclosures and how the market reacts to non-GAAP earnings disclosures associated with managerial reputation. Although there was an initial dip in the frequency of non-GAAP earnings disclosures after SOX and Regulation G, the frequency of non-GAAP earnings disclosures has increased in recent years (Brown, Christensen, Elliott and Mergenthaler 2012). Motivated by the efficient contracting theory and managerial...
Show moreI examine how managerial reputation affects the quality of non-GAAP earnings disclosures and how the market reacts to non-GAAP earnings disclosures associated with managerial reputation. Although there was an initial dip in the frequency of non-GAAP earnings disclosures after SOX and Regulation G, the frequency of non-GAAP earnings disclosures has increased in recent years (Brown, Christensen, Elliott and Mergenthaler 2012). Motivated by the efficient contracting theory and managerial reputation incentives, I investigate whether reputable managers are associated with higher quality non-GAAP earnings disclosures. I also investigate whether the market is more responsive to non-GAAP earnings disclosed by reputable managers. Using empirical models modified from prior research, I find that reputable managers are less likely to disclose non-GAAP earnings, which is consistent with the efficient contracting explanation. I also find that reputable managers exclude more recurring items that are related to future operating earnings when they disclose non-GAAP earnings, which is consistent with the rent extraction explanation in prior research. Finally, I find that managerial reputation has an incremental effect on the market reaction and that the market is more responsive to non-GAAP earnings disclosed by reputable managers if the unexpected earnings are positive. The study contributes to both non-GAAP earnings disclosures literature and managerial reputation incentives literature. It also has implications for investors, managers, and regulators.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004185, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004185
- Subject Headings
- Capital productivity -- Measurement, Disclosure in accounting, Industrial management, Investment analysis, Risk management
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Attributes that Enable a Virtual High School to go to Scale.
- Creator
- Diamond, Daryl, Pisapia, John, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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As our nation demands system-wide improvement, external providers are challenged to scale up educational reform efforts, to implement them more widely, more deeply, and more rapidly than in the past. Virtual high schools come at a time when public education is being challenged by mandates for new forms of educational choice and supplemental services. Replicating success of educational reforms on a large scale is a vexing issue. Failure to scale them up is accredited to the absence of a...
Show moreAs our nation demands system-wide improvement, external providers are challenged to scale up educational reform efforts, to implement them more widely, more deeply, and more rapidly than in the past. Virtual high schools come at a time when public education is being challenged by mandates for new forms of educational choice and supplemental services. Replicating success of educational reforms on a large scale is a vexing issue. Failure to scale them up is accredited to the absence of a practical theory that accounts for the institutional complexities operating on changes of practice. This research developed such a practical theory gleaning attributes from Comprehensive School Reform, Diffusion of Innovation, and Leadership and Scale theories. The purpose of this study was to determine the attributes that contribute to the scalability of the virtual high school. Scalability was separated into two levels; a traditional notion of scaling up reforms, and the more contemporary idea of going to scale. The conceptual framework suggested that scalability was dependent upon the frequency of the attributes associated with these levels. Content analysis was conducted on N = 270 documents pertaining to virtual high schools. A validation subset of N = 137 documents on five specific virtual high schools was used. An attribute checklist assisted the coding, classifying 39 attributes into five mutually exclusive categories, along with seven contextual factors that potentially moderated scalability. Analysis on the validation subset produced similar findings to those of the universal sample set. A statistical model was developed that predicted a large amount (52 %) of the variation of scalability. When scaling up attributes are prevalent both in the innovation's design, the communication channels, and leadership capabilities then going to scale can be achieved O..er time. Specifically, virtual high schools should focus on three significant scaling up attributes: (a) offering quality curriculum aligned to high national/state standards, (b) creating networks with other virtual high school adopters, and (c) strong management, in order to go to scale. The development of a practical theory must include these attributes in order for the virtual high school to go to scale.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000661
- Subject Headings
- Organizational change--Management, Educational change--Management, Virtual reality in education, School improvement programs
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- How Perceptions of Justice, Children's Lifestyle Satisfaction, and Several Turnover Outcomes Relate to Repatriate and Spouse/Partner Compensation and Lifestyle Satisfaction.
- Creator
- Thomason, Stephanie J., Peterson, Mark F., Florida Atlantic University
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This dissertation analyzes how the reactions of repatriates and spouses/partners about their new lifestyle and compensation package upon repatriation relate to several repatriate turnover outcomes. U.S.-based multinational organizations often provide global assignees with an extensive benefit package, including such items as housing allowances, foreign-service premiums, tuition for international schools, and club memberships. Once the assignment is over, these additional benefits are...
Show moreThis dissertation analyzes how the reactions of repatriates and spouses/partners about their new lifestyle and compensation package upon repatriation relate to several repatriate turnover outcomes. U.S.-based multinational organizations often provide global assignees with an extensive benefit package, including such items as housing allowances, foreign-service premiums, tuition for international schools, and club memberships. Once the assignment is over, these additional benefits are necessarily terminated. Results of a qualitative analysis of 14 semi-structured interviews and a quantitative analysis of 37 U.S. repatriated executives and 34 spouses/partners of repatriated executives suggest that repatriate perceptions of distributive justice positively relate to all facets of pay satisfaction (i.e. pay level, pay raise, benefits, and pay structure and administration satisfaction), while procedural justice relates positively to pay structure and administration satisfaction. Overall pay satisfaction, in turn, positively relates to the intentions to increase one's investment in company-specific skills. Repatriate and spouse/partner attitudes about the changes in benefits they encounter upon repatriation are predicted by their children's satisfaction with their new lifestyle. Furthermore, some evidence suggests support for the proposition that overall pay satisfaction and benefit change satisfaction of repatriates and spouses/partners negatively relate to the actual turnover of repatriates. The implications drawn from this dissertation inform theories of social status, spillover, equity, and expatriate adjustment. Multinational organizations employing expatriates may additionally consider the practical implications useful when establishing compensation packages and repatriation programs for international assignees.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000616
- Subject Headings
- International business enterprises--Personnel management, Employment in foreign countries, Compensation management
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Hydrologic and topographic gradient effects on woody vegetation of tree islands in the Everglades Wildlife Management Area.
- Creator
- Anderson, Michael Robert., Florida Atlantic University, Volin, John C.
- Abstract/Description
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Water management in the Everglades has been a challenge for managing agencies for quite some time. Presently, restoration efforts are underway to reestablish natural hydrological patterns such as flow, depth, and hydroperiod. Tree island health is of particular concern because of its importance to the functional integrity of the greater Everglades ecosystem. This study was designed to determine the effects of different hydrological patterns and elevations on native woody vegetation on tree...
Show moreWater management in the Everglades has been a challenge for managing agencies for quite some time. Presently, restoration efforts are underway to reestablish natural hydrological patterns such as flow, depth, and hydroperiod. Tree island health is of particular concern because of its importance to the functional integrity of the greater Everglades ecosystem. This study was designed to determine the effects of different hydrological patterns and elevations on native woody vegetation on tree islands. The study site was the Everglades Wildlife Management Area (EWMA) in the north central Everglades. The study site was broken up into two hydrological zones: dry zone and moderately wet zone. It was found that both hydrology and relative elevation were important predictors of woody species diversity and density. Average hydroperiod and ponding depth were the best sole predictors explaining up to 50% of the woody vegetation variability found within the tail and fringe community as well as the whole tree island.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12709
- Subject Headings
- Ecosystem management--Florida--Everglades, Woody plants--Florida--Everglades, Everglades Wildlife Management Area (Fla )
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- Document (PDF)
